End of the honeymoon between the famous consultant and the president of OM
The former Blues striker regretted on Monday the lack of certainty in the Olympique de Marseille squad this season at the microphone of the show Rothen ignites on RMC. For him, too much betting kills betting. Pablo Longoria has indeed had several great inspirations since his arrival at OM as sporting director and then as president. This has not been the case since the start of the current campaign.
“ A season is long so there are strong times and weak times. What is certain is that in the choices of players that were made, there are a lot of bets. For aging players, I’m thinking of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, it’s still a gamble to bring in Aubameyang. It had been a few years since he was in difficulty and he didn’t play much.“, remarked the member of the RMC Sport Dream Team. “ And then you have bets on young people like Iliman Ndiaye, Amine Harit, Azzedine Ounahi and Ismaïla Sarr who have not proven much so far. So there you have it, these are bets. Will these bets work or not? For the moment it doesn’t work. »
The 1998 world champion believes that the Phocaeans must be more efficient.
“ Because these players are good players, I am speaking in particular for the young people who are good players and have shown technical qualities as well as a certain desire. Despite everything, they cannot cross the threshold. What is this milestone? When you cross the threshold of being a good player, it means that you become a cheekur effective. You become a player who is formatted to win. That’s what it’s like to take a step forward,” analyzed Christophe Dugarry. “Being a good football player, excuse me but it’s easy. Obviously Ndiaye, Harit, Sarr and Ounahi are good football players. There is nothing to say about that. But the problem when you arrive at OM, when you are a good football player before arriving at OM, you have to be more than a good football player. There we judge you on performance and especially on efficiency or on matches won. And right now, that’s not the case. »
Dugarry finally cashes with Longoria
“ At some point, there are too many bets. Alexis Sanchez last season was a successful bet. OM is a little forced to make bets each time but by trying too many bets it’s like when you go to play races, you win a little at the beginning but when you do the accounts at the end you lose realize that you are in the negative. Because betting at the end, you have to have a little more certainty. Unfortunately Pablo Longoria has been trained, since he was at OM, to ONLY make bets. For what? I don’t know, maybe it’s due to finances. Maybe it’s a choice, I don’t know. But he makes a lot, a lot, a lot of bets. And there it doesn’t work, it will be very very difficult for it to work. »
